54 r'nla'fullother bindenot tkeconfcience. but ate prcfently voide,as focnc as the vnlawfulnetfe or im- poillbility appeareth . For an othought not tobe thebond Odom. of iniquity ; and thofc othes are laudably broken, which areVUlawfuily Made; neither can they tic vs vnto innpofh. bilities,becauf: thethings foprornifcd areout ofour power toperformcthern.Bur that we may fpeakeofthem moredi.. fiindly;anoth is vnlawfull, 6rfi, when asweefwcare to per- fArne íuch things, as are repugnantarsd.contrary to the law and reuealed will of God ; and therefore l not to be obfer- ued : firfl, becauCe by Cuch an oth we makethe Lord tocon- firme our te(limony again(} himfelfe , and to be our furety for the petformanceof that, which is wicked and odious in his fight. Secondly, becaufc thefeothes madevnto men,in- fringe and di1anull our oth whichweehaucformerlymade vnto God in baptifme,wherebywehaue boundour (clues to yeeld abfolure obedience vnto Gods reuealed will. Now this ought nottobec, both becaufeour Iii í och motif# f}and, as hauingalready bound cur confcience toperformance, & therefore maynot befruaratedandmadevoidwith a latter; anti ?lfo becaufe an othmade vnto God,mufl be preferred before an oth made vnto men, in that flee is our fupreme Iudge,andfvueraigne Lord, vntowhomweowe our (clues, our obedience and fealty, andall that bclongeth vetovs. Euen as an after othmade to a rebell,encmy,or flranger, cannot diCanull our former oth, whereby wehaue obliged our{-clues to yecld obedience toour lawful! Prince. s.Seît.?, Nowanoth is vnla full and wicked in this regard,either YntaufrslneJ'e in prefent appearance when it is made , or in theproofe and of&n OA n ei- eoet.Oftheformer wehaue an example in lefa6el,fwearing ther apparant, the death of innocent Elias ; and in the Iewes, whobound evdjfcerned by chant-Clues byoth to flay Paul. And fuch is theoth of our s'ueucnt. Popid, fugitives, who thereby bind theinfelues to bee the Áét.239'3 wailsof Antichrif}, denying their ducallegiance andobe- diêce to their lawful Soueraigne, which isexprefly contrary Rom.t3.t s.3 to the word of God,asappearethRom. 53.1.2.3. All which T 2Jkind ofothesare hainoufly wicked when they are firfi made. s.Pcta,r3 For if knowing themat the time of their takingof them to be wicked and vnlawfull, tjtey doenotat all intend toon- ¡Clue
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